Since popular music is often wind-band music, this edition of Brass, Reeds, and Percussion features the original recording of the number-two popular song from March 1962.: “Midnight in Moscow.”
In 1955, Russian composer Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi wrote a song entitled “Leningrad Nights” At the request of the Soviet Ministry of Culture, the song was renamed “Moscow Nights” and was recorded for use in a documentary about Soviet athletics. The song came to the attention of a Dutch Group knows as the New Orleans Syncopaters, whose leader published an arrangement. A British band then became aware of the song and recorded the arrangement in 1962, but entitled it “Midnight in Moscow.” This recording reached number 2 on the British singles chart in January 1962 and reached the same position on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in March 1962.
- Midnight in Moscow (1962 recording)
Composer: Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi (1907-1979)
Performer: Kenny Ball & His Jazzmen
Album: This Is Trad Dad
You've Got the Right Key, But the Wrong Keyhole (1956 recording)
Composer: Eddie Green (1896-1950) & Clarence Williams (1898-1965)
Performer: George Melly with Mick Mulligan's Jazz Band
Album: This is Trad Dad- Your Feet's Too Big (1939 recording)
Composer: Ada Benson (lyrics) & Fred Fisher (music, 1875-1942)
Performer: Fats Waller
Album: Fats Waller Greatest Hits
- Your Feet's Too Big
Composer: Ada Benson & Fred Fisher (1875-1942)
Performer: Hot Sardines
Album: Hot Sardines
- March from "Moses in Egypt"
Composer: Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
Performer: Rome Police Band
Album: Inni Delle Bande Militari Italiane
- March from "Ernani"
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
Performer: Rome Police Band
Album: Inni Delle Bande Militari Italiane
- Magic Forest: Elves
Composer: Fernando Ferrer Martínez a.k.a. Ferrer Ferran (1966- )
Performer: Band Sinfonica La Artistica Bunol
Album: La Passio de Crist
- Magic Forest: Fairies
Composer: Ferrer Ferran (1966- )
Performer: Band Sinfonica La Artistica Bunol
Album: La Passio de Crist
- Magic Forest: Gnomes
Composer: Ferrer Ferran (1966- )
Performer: Band Sinfonica La Artistica Bunol
Album: La Passio de Crist
- Finnegan's Wake (1957)
Composer: Archibald J. Potter (1918-1980)
Performer: Band of the Irish Defense Forces
Album: Rhapsodic Winds
- Voice of the Guns (1917)
Composer: Frederick Joseph Ricketts (1881-1945) a.k.a. Kenneth J. Alford
Performer: Band of the Irish Guards
Album: Marches of the Two World Wars
- Army of the Nile (1941)
Composer: Frederick Joseph Ricketts (1881-1945) a.k.a. Kenneth J. Alford
Performer: Band of the Irish Guards
Album: Marches of the Two World Wars
